Ultimate SUV test! NEW Ferrari Purosangue vs Bentley Bentayga vs Lotus Eletre | What Car?
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
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What's the ultimate SUV? The new Ferrari Purosangue, Bentley Bentayga and Lotus Eletre are super-fast, high-riding missiles that sit right at the top of the SUV food chain. But which is best? We take all three on a road trip for an in-depth test.
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I think that it’s unfair for Lotus to compare it’s less powerful version with the the most powerful version of the other two.
For Ferrari Purosangue competitors There's no Lamborghini Urus, Porsche Cayenne, And Aston Martin DBX?
For Bentley Bentayga rival there's Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS600 4Matic, BMW X7, And Audi RSQ8
I swear the Bentley and Urus are based on the same car. Audi RSQ8?
Purosangue is more of a crossover. Should be compared with a MACAN.
Urus, cayenne,q8 same platform.
Dbx is just a 2015 gle63 coupe
@@vejas89 All you have stated are based on the Audi Q7 platform. The Bentley Bentaygo is not a sports vehicle or even fastback. A top of the range Q7 is the obvious comparison for a lot less money and a bigger boot and a lovely interior.
I guess he thinks All SUV 's Audi BMW and Mercedes-Benz are The 3 luxury Musketeers, and same 😂
@@bjs7442The Q7 does not share the same chassis as the Q8/Cayenne/Urus etc. It also came out later. It shares the same platform but that's nearly meaningless.
If you're going to complain about platform sharing, until the last few years every Rolls was using a 7 series platform, yet nobody calls a Rolls Royce a rebadged 7 series.
The Lotus has no excitement, the Ferrari steering wheel controls would drive me mad, Bentley wins just get into comfort and enjoy the drive.
Love my Eletre R. Rarely go on road trips. Just to work and back and charge it on cheap off peak. It’s always nearly full in the morning and just so comfortable and easy to drive. Yes I’d love the Ferrari but I couldn’t bring myself to drop that much cash on a car. To my eyes the Bentley is really not a looker. Always had Lotus cars but struggle to get in and out now I’m older so this is great and very, very quick!
I'd go for the Bentley!
If you could afford to buy a Ferrari, you would be guaranteed to buy Ferrari Purosangue ❤❤❤
We need a retest with the urus se, lotus eletre r, dbx 707, and ferrari purosangue
Urus and Purosangue in the same comparison video, that's going to be hard to manage given that Lamborghini doesn't give magazines an Urus to compare with the Purosangue, unless both cars are provided by some customer.
I feel the Bentley is the closest in being true to what the company stands for.
Even though it's a posh spec vw
You sound quite ignorant
@@sillimilli3802 lol
I always find it difficult to understand how or why British people buy fuel in litres and then calculate consumption in mpg 🤯
We dont buy litres , we fill our tank up. Its simply priced in litres. We understand mile per gallon because it historically been the yardstick.
@@bjs7442 I’m British and grew up there not understanding why. Still have no idea. Like horsepower. Doesn’t make much sense either. Especially now that vehicle battery capacity is given in kilowatt hours. Power is in kilowatts, surely??? 🤦🏻♂️
Bit of a weird bunch us brits
@@thomash2806 Well I am British from the West Midlands and an engineer. In the 18C we needed a unit of power to compare the output of a steam engine relative to shire horses use in agriculture and the Horse Power as a unit of power was invented by James Watt. It si the power required to lift 33000lbs one foot in one minute.
KWhour is not just power . Its is the amount of power the battery can deliver in one hour. Hope that helps
@@bjs7442 Yes, thank you, I know what kilowatt hours are (as the son and grandson of engineers I started hearing about these notions very young).
I was simply suggesting that relating the energy stored in a battery measured in kW/h to power in kW rather another unit, is easier to picture, compare and understand.
for the price, the lotus R should've been the model to compare, compare S vs R when available? also. 79c per kWh?!?!? bruhhh.. 6c where i live
Hello - we did originally plan to include an R but the press cars were delayed slightly. We’ll be testing soon.
@@whatcar can't wait!
My choice would be the DBX, it makes the cars on test look quite ugly in comparison, yet equally good in performace, economy, handling and practicality
Especially now that they updated it with a class-leading interior (aside the Bentley), it should be almost everybody's top choice.
Aston Martin is a Mercedes. Only the quality is worse and the price is higher. It just sucks
414k is taking the mick! Amazing car but this is price gauging at its most insane. I'm guessing 60% margin, against Toyota at 6%-8%
They are sold out for the next 2 years so I would say it is priced well, based on supply and demand.
@@nicksokolis6343 True, they are certainly exploiting market conditions. Make hay whilst the sun shines!
Wealthy statement vehicles for city posing rather than sensible SUVs
Any would play nicely in the suburbs too. For school drop offs and grocery getting.
Finally a review that tells it as it is when it comes to that Ferrari and that Lotus. So tired of other journalists who gush over these cars for obvious reasons. Excellent video!
When talking about Lotus heritage today's testers don't seem to remember anything prior to the Elise. But the 1975 and 1983 Elite
, the Éclat and Excel are the cars to consider the Eletre's heritage against. Under Colin Chapman, Lotus had quite a diverse model range in the 70s and 80s.
The fact that a Lotus is being compared to a Ferrari would likely make Chapman very proud.
Regardless of whether these cars are directly comparable or not, Whatcar are coming out with some really good videos. Good job!
The fact that a Bentley and Ferrari are being driven with a Lotus is enough said. I would 100% choose the Lotus and bank the rest of the cash.
They are doing advertisements for vw, disguised as car review, don't trust these reviewers, make your own judgement and test the car yourself...
Shouldn’t this test have included the school run and manoeuvrability tests on cramped London roads, their natural habitat? A circuit around Chelsea, Notting Hill, Kensington, and Knightsbridge?
...and maybe a trip to Cornwall.
4 tonne vehicles and school runs eh......
You mean some "real world" testing. And a grocery run too.
When every other motoring journalist states that the handling of the Eletre is amazing why here is it the complete opposite? I spent a couple of days with one and it blew me away, the only negative I had was it's sheer size and especially it's width but other than that what a car.
I cannot honestly believe you totally missed out on the biggest selling point of the Purosangue. Come on lads, it is the naturally aspirated V12! That alone sells the car because there is simply nothing like it on the market. No V8 turbo can match the visceral driving experience of a V12, both in terms of how you can rev it out and of course as well as its amazing accompanying soundtrack. Also, the luggage capacity doesn't matter when you are driving Purosangue. If you are going on a long trip, it will be with your significant other and not with a truckload of kids. The winner of this group test no doubt is the Ferrari. If you are after comfort and practicality with a touch of sportiness, then we are talking about a different category of SUVs already. At that point, you could group the Bentayga with say a Range Rover Sport, a BMW X5M or a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S.
Lotus should have given you all the R instead.
Kindly list the torque figures in Nm as well
Nice review. With the cases, for the exotica and more normal cars, could you also test with full sized suitcases (90L) that people actually use to take on holiday. So often reviews show the tiny cases and it bears no relation to being able to fit people and real holiday luggage. Caught out on this on holiday too... as car rentals reference small carry ons!
Great vid 🙂🙂
One thing; I drove an eletre r on good ol' British B roads; it's is terrifyingly fast and the 4ws makes it a bit lotus like in corners. So when you say "does not share anything with classic lotus" my instinctive response is "are you kidding!!!!".
Maybe you need to get the more expensive model for the full lotus esque driving experience?
Ferrari & lotus are beautiful, Bentley make amazing cars but they’ve messed up big time with the looks of the bentayga !!
Thanks for exposing the ridiculous cost of electricity
Had he charged at home it would have been the least costly and more than half the Ferrari. - Are they best long motorway cruisers, no, but in this test it’s the one I would buy
What, 6.5pence per kw/h when charged at home like most do... it's £10 to fill it and travel over 300 miles when driven typically.
LOL you clearly don't know much about EV ownership, all of us charge at home where the cost is about a quarter to run of the equivalent performance ICE motor.
You mentioned the Porsche SUV.... but you forgot that when it was released EVERYONE thought it was pig ugly for a Porsche.
Thanks for an interesting review. But could you please show consumption in l/100km on video also for us who don't actually use miles, kilometers, gallons and liters as fluently mixed up as you do in UK? You know, for the most of the world.
Ridiculous conclusions. Seems like the biggest advertisers determine the "winner".
Come on, guys. Try doing an unbiased review.
Why no Aston 707 ?? Surely the only rival to the new Ferrari.
All three, each look like a bag of spanners.
Odd test really. The Ferrari isn’t a SUV (allegedly), the Bentley is a reskinned Q7, and has been around for a decade and the other is an electric brick. No DB707 or Range Rover as well?
“brick” blah blah blah big oil
@@tomp66 well I suppose it’s built in a country that uses 50% + of the worlds coal and generates 85% of its electricity using old dinosaur bones, so it’s sort of big crushed dino juiced as well…..
Why do you care you can’t afford any of them
@@beatles4sale2007And a country where sales of electrified vehicles have exceeded 50% of car total sales. EVs are the future.
@@crm114.EVs are Not the future. They are only a Part of the future.
Curiosity got me watching this. These cars all fall within my budget but I honestly can't think of a single reason why I'd buy any one of them. This test is like a step back in time. Aren't we in 2024? They just look so yesterday.
Really given how expensive the rest of the cars are should have got most expensive and quicker version of the lotus
I live in Malaysia now, the base or mid model Bentley Benteyga cost 3x more than the Lotus Eletre R, and the base Ferrari Puros cost 5x more………
The Eletre R is $150K. Benteyga Speed $270K & The V12 FUV is $400K in the ol' USA. So roughly 2X and 3X in base MSRP. But that plastic knurling in the Lotus is pretty off-putting, imo. Inexpensive is one thing but that's just cheap.
@@cbotten106 your a wealth one mate then! Lucky you. Lucky you indeed! Bothering you with a plastic knurling is quite a 1% to problem really. Champagne served in gold.
The Lotus being Chinese parts
@@johnedwards7542 Chinese plastic knurling. Is that better or worse?
Give me the DBX 707 every time.
DBX is a looker. Puro is certainly good looking. Sadly the Aston residuals just too bad. To consider.
Its strange that Sam from scene through glass through the handling from the lotus Electra was very good and the overall driving dynamics were great
Ferrari, Lotus, Bentley, 3 car companies that know how to make great cars, but style
Ferrari Purosangue stands out from the others, beautiful, my favorite ❤
Why not Lotus R? Because Lotus Eletra R smashed Bentayga, Cay Turbo Coupe etc. Only Ferrari is Ferrari )))
Yep. 😊
Prices of electricity are crazy in UK!!!
The other thing that is not taken into account is that most EV drivers have different discounts through schemes when being forced to use the public charging network. This way the journey would have been two thirds of the cost on this journey.
Love the Purosangue!!
This could be a problem when it comes to enthusiastic EVs. Part of the fun of driving such a car is the sound of the engine. I enjoy the growl from my Cooper S convertible when you push it. I had great fun trying to keep up with a Kia Niro electric. The little mini accelerated with gusto with growl from exhaust a slight whine from gearbox and a whistle from the turbo and felt like it enjoyed the challenge. I bet the Niro driver barely noticed just how quick they accelerated from 30 to 60. I only just kept up! You really need a sound track. Surely by now they could minic a V8 or V12 and play it through the soundsystem and im not talking about that awful electronic racket that most noise synthesisers in cars achieve. A lot more high fidelity than that. The silence of an EV is preferable to a modern turbo 4 cyclinder petrol or diesel , but compared to a performance 6, 8 or 12 cylinder you dont get that tingle down the spine. If you spend close to 100k, you want that. I've had memorable drives in Porsche boxster 987 and mercedes SLK 55AMG and if they were silent I'm not sure they'd be as memorable. So then it's down to the chassis and the weight is a problem when it comes to making the car fun.
If you really, really, REALLY need an SUV, then you could get a DBX or Urus AND a corresponding DB12 or Huracan for less than the price of that Purosangue! I suspect the Purosangue is destined to be the fastest depreciating Ferrari in history, considering that other 'rivals' are far cheaper, better made, more luxurious, more spacious AND even faster.
DBX over Purosangue ? What are you smoking ?
From a practically economical point of view you are absolutely correct. But that is not the reason you buy a Ferrari. Ferrari's strategic move to give it a v12 is it's only chance in avoiding extreme depreciation.
*_The Lotus 24/7 365 d/y!!_*
just get the top of the Line Lotus and charge it over night for 30p instead of 80. No one pays 80.
Surprising they never mentioned servicing intervals or costs on each vehicle.
why bother when they can spend that much money on the car itself.
@@muhamadfadzlyshaharani5787 maybe so when they are purchased brand new, but when the likes of a Bentley becomes more affordable to some, the cost of servicing is eye-watering!
Lotus' parent company Geely provided money and expertise to develop the Eletre. Surprising that it behaves more like a Volvo. Wait a minute ...
Why do motoring journalists always get hung up about what they think a car is supposed to be?
The only thing that matters is what car it actually is.
@whatcar You are not comparing apples with apples, are you?
Is it really THAT expensive to charge in the U.K.? Honestly, charging is less than half that in Denmark!
Come on compare apples with apples. You can buy 3 or 4 Lotus cars for the price of the others.
No Land Cruiser?
the trend of putting headlights lower must end
The first charge from home and the last charge at home would make it considerably cheaper to fuel. But as you say if you can afford these cars you won’t care
No Range Rover or Aston? Missed a good all round test opportunity
Clichéd comments.... The same negativity accompanied the Cayenne's entrance 20-odd years ago.
If the Lotus were made entirely in England, you would have had a different opinion...
The Eletre is simply stunning for the price. The end.
bro is rocking a moonswatch lol
What I learned: 79p p/kw....that's an industry absolutely price gouging
I'm very confused as to why you guys would pick the less powerful Lotus SUV and then complain about performance..SMH 🤦♂️
Think I’ll take the Bentley, especially for its lovely interior and overall performance.
Lotus needs torque vectoring
DBX 707 is a glaring omission - Bentley shouldn’t have been there at all. For the price of the Lotus (1/4 the Ferrari and 1/3 the Bentley) won hands down. The Eletre R would have been the fastest, best tech and most luggage space and best priced. You guys can do better…
You shouldn’t have put the lotus in, should have been the Aston 707 suv that’s had the new infotainment fitted
I mean the Ferrari running costs are too much to run as a daily and family trips so might as well get Bentley for that and a Roma for the weekends.
if you can own a 400k € car which is even sold in the aftermarket for close to 700-900k € i think the running cost is the least of your problems
In this test, which is a bit unfair or just odd, is there really a question ? The Purosangue has a NA Ferrari V12. No other SUV stands a chance. I think the only one that could stand against it is the all new DBX707 and maybe the new Urus ( something ), even tho I think it has a bit of its appeal.
And to talk about Lotus heritage and then talk about a battery is really not the way
Is it the four seat configuration? Yes, it is the four seat configuration not the five…… x5
The Lotus isn‘t a Lotus as it is made in China, the Ferrari isn‘t an SUV and the Bentley is a hybrid of Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 underneath - But would be my choice, if they only would sell it with having a filler cap, made of real aluminium instead of plastics(typically Volkswagen beancounters) for a car at this price point 😉
Porque no sea comparado con el Electre r
Very odd pairing or was this done by design with Whatcar? The Ferrari retails at over £300K and yet they picked a the Lotus at a third of the price and not even the quickest model, I think they wanted the Ferrari to look good.
If you charged at home on 7.5p/kWh overnight (and every Eletre owner will have home charging), the Lotus fuel cost would be £17.92.
bigger and bigger, heavier and heavier, soon we all be driving Daf trucks :) kinda stupid really when we look at it, should be looking at low damage structures and a race to light weight to protect our kids, not things that will knock down a school not just a pedestrian :)
The fact that the lotus is included on this test is beyond me
25:40 I feel these manufacturers have the public well and truly duped. I can guarantee that if you do a blind fold test, people will not be able to tell the difference between plastic and carbon fibre, so why pay these ridiculous amounts of money just for random bits of trim to he carbon fibre.
Are you on drugs? I don’t look at my car with a blindfold on.
Not the first What Car video with a negative EV theme. Can you add in how much the Ferrari depreciated by actually using it?
Can the Eletre not use cheaper Tesla rapid chargers? Also awaiting rants from anti-EV brigade about how huge it is etc etc ... whilst ignoring the other 2 beasts! :)
Fantastic video! What a truthful and fair lowdown and the end.
For me it’s the Ferrari ❤
That Lotus will get no where near 300 miles, Harry Metcalfe reckons you'll be lucky to get 200! The Ferrari is my favourite but I'll never be able to afford one anyway! I think the Aston DBX should be considered too. That Bentley is like a Chesterfield sofa on wheels!
Well you can easily get the 300miles with the Lotus if you drive efficiently
@@msm4445 I think you may get over 250, up to 280 in warmer weather
@@TheHutchRuns I have an Eletre. And I do get more than 300 miles if I drive efficiently. But I shall point out that I rarely drive efficiently. I bought this car to drive in a sporty way.
@@msm4445 haha
People are being robbed by public chargers!
Where's the dbx and why yet another ev... you have to stop promoting ev rubbish
150!
I tried watching this video. Although they sound like enthusiasts, there's no real passion present. I'm bored to tears . 😢
They are english, it is normal. 😅
The Ferrari is the emotional choice ~ The Bentley the logical choice ~ The Lotus's looks let down the whole package for me. Therefore I'd take the recently revealed & updated , DBX 707
pointless if you don't compare the purosangue to the other two with top specs
Who was responsible for comparing a £250k Bentley & even more expensive Purosangue to a sub £100k Lotus SUV? Come on guys get these comparisons at more equal levels please
What exactly is it that i'm watching here? i guess it's 2 cars being compared to ....something....mind boggling
Cars aren’t about dashboard materials and size of iPads. Maybe it’s about the journey …. Crazy. We went from
BMW driving machine to identical EVs
Urus
G63amg coupe
If i have the money, which i dont but my parents have, i would chose electre R since my parents gifted me tesla model 3 as my vehicle for my average salary job. 😅
If only the Lotus came with a petrol engine.
Should have had a cayenne as well
DBX707?
I would choose the Bentley 😊
just by the video i can identify that the lotus is a way quieter vehicle than the ferrari how in the hell that guy driving the lotus will comeup with the conclusion thst the ferrari has less interior noise? thats crazy
400k? Lmao, it's at least double that. Whatcar, why do you not disclose the fact you can't get this Ferrari at sticker price today?
I'd take the Eletre R over both
Did he just say it cost him £94 to charge the lotus?? Wtf…
I 'll choose the Bentley by far.....!!!! Ultra Comfort and Ultra Luxury..... If you don't won't these in a SUV and you want sportiness you don't know what you are doing.... Is the same like you want to have a classic car because of its fuel consumption and not for the style and history.
Why would they call their suv "pure blood"?
Have we all forgotten what a hatchback is???